Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Chisinau, Moldova (November 28, 2018)

Location: Ukraine, countrywide, including Odesa and Vinnitsya (north of Moldova)

Event: The Ukrainian parliament approved a 30-day period of martial law effective November 28 at 14:00 for the following 10 regions of Ukraine: Vinnitsya, Odesa, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Kherson, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhya.

The U.S. Embassy is evaluating how this martial law might affect the relevant regions. In the meantime, the U.S. Embassy recommends travelers to Ukraine take the following steps.